Oklahoma governor puts taxpayers’ money where her mouth is

Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin just set an important precedent. By rejecting $54.6 million in federal money to begin implementation of ObamaCare, the governor has firmly set herself against the unconstitutional law and with the citizens of her state.

To make it clear Oklahoma will develop its own plan, the state will not accept a $54.6 million federal grant for setting up a system where Oklahomans could shop for health insurance, Gov. Mary Fallin said Thursday.

Fallin said the state instead will use state and private money to form the system.

This is a step that advocates of nullification in many states have long sought. After all, it’s pretty obvious that threats of non-compliance with the feds are empty to the point of pathetic when state budgets still depend on grants of federal money (which is siphoned from their citizens to begin with).

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Fallin’s announcement reverses her decision two months ago to accept the federal money.

Obviously the governor is bowing to some form of public pressure. In this age of rampant and flagrant TSA molestation, it’s nice to see that pressure can still occasionally be successfully applied to public servants.

Perhaps other states whose legislatures have passed a version of the Health Care Freedom Act should consider following Oklahoma’s example.

To restore our limited constitutional Republic we need to educate ourselves. I recommend that you all read Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged and see the first of the low budget trilogy in theaters now. http://www.atlasshruggedpart1.com

Well, red states do take in more money than the blue states, not to mention the fact that blue states pay more in taxes. The truth is that the conservatives are the real "welfare queens" in this country.

October 11, 2011 at 6:00 pm

Philosopherking

That stat is per tax dollar paid which alters the entire debate because blue states tend to have more people in them. California and NY are the most populous states in the union so naturally they are going to pay more taxes which dilutes the ratio that is used in this particular stat.

Personally, I'll be glad to see when states stop taking money from the federal government. I doubt that would happen anytime soon because of the greedy nature of politicians but if we did you count how many leftist come out and protest that move. How many will start crying about the lack of education dollars…blah blah blah blah.

Now count how many conservatives would support that move and compare that to all the wet eyes and wet diapers of the other side. How about use that ratio instead? That might tell a different story.